Category: Economy
Chapel Hill Housing Market: Is it a Good Place to Invest in 2020?
February 7th, 2020
Is Chapel Hill, North Carolina a good place to invest in real estate? Before we answer that question, let’s learn more about the Chapel Hill metro area. Chapel Hill is home to around sixty thousand people. The Chapel Hill real …Read more »
Current Housing Trends That Will Change The Market In 2019 And 2020
November 13th, 2018
Housing Trends And Predictions For 2019 and 2020 Is 2019 a good time to buy a home, sell a home, move up, or invest in real estate — or will you be better off parking your money elsewhere, whether that …Read more »
The Minimum Salary Needed to Own a Home By State
April 3rd, 2018
Owning a home has long been a key component of the American dream. However, with the considerable cost of housing on the rise, it can be hard to estimate the income needed to own a home in the U.S. A …Read more »
Where Are We in the Housing Cycle?
January 8th, 2018
Ten years ago we published Strategies to Navigate 5 Stages of the Housing Cycle. To commemorate the 10-year anniversary of those analyses, we are sharing the graphic we produce each month that shows where 33 major markets are positioned in …Read more »
Fannie Mae Study: More Baby Boomers To Enter Retirement With Mortgages
October 20th, 2017
Recent studies have found that saving for retirement has become a bit of a financial afterthought, as more Americans are actually saving for an upcoming vacation than they are for economic security in their golden years. In fact, a 2017 …Read more »
Cities Offer Tax Breaks To Amazon As HQ2 Competition Draws To A Close
October 1st, 2017
Online retail giant Amazon Inc. has received multiple offers of tax breaks as a part of the company's national competition for Amazon's second headquarters. According to Reuters, the HQ2 competition came to an end on Thursday, October 19, and will …Read more »
Renters Having Difficulties Finding New Homes After Hurricane Irma
September 14th, 2017
After Hurricane Irma, Florida residents who rent their homes are facing a variety of obstacles: paying rent for uninhabitable homes, difficulties getting refunds on rent deposits, and struggling to find new housing in a strained rental market. (more…)
Don't Blame The Millennials: Seniors Who Age In Place May Be Contributing To Housing Recovery Issues
September 11th, 2017
The aging in place movement has prompted many seniors to look to the future and make changes so that they can remain in their homes and live full, uninterrupted lives. But even though the movement has allowed many seniors to …Read more »
The Top 3 Residential Real Estate Trends of 2017
August 8th, 2017
Due to seasonal changes in demand, the housing market is difficult to pin down. And with today's ever-changing political and economic climate, it's even more exhausting trying to get a clear picture of what's to come. That being said, so …Read more »
